San Diego Bill Regionalizes Transit Planning

Metropolitan transit board endorsed a bill that shifts transit planning and construction authority to San Diego County's regional planning agency. [Link Corrected]

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September 16, 2002, 2:00 PM PDT

By C. Scott Smith


"The new transportation agency would be a reorganized version of the SANDAG [San Diego Association of Governments] board, currently composed of one person from each of the county's 18 cities and a representative of county government. The city of San Diego would send an additional representative to the new panel, and a new voting system would require both a traditional board majority and approval by members representing a majority of the county population." [Link Corrected]

Thanks to C. Scott Smith

Friday, September 13, 2002 in The San Diego Union-Tribune

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